Mine Index Number: 5941
| Company Name:
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Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company
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| Mine Name:
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Diamond No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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1883
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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47 The 1882 Coal Report indicated 80 acres had been mined.
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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45 Additional mining may have continued to the south of the outline shown.
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Grundy
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32N 8E
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1
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NE NE NE
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| Air shaft
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Grundy
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32N 8E
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1
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NW NE NE
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Geology
| Colchester
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84
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3.0
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LW (old longwall)
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Wilmington Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company
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Diamond No. 1
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1881-1883 Production and years of operation before July 1881 are unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 80 acres had been mined.
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141,809 Production and years of operation before July 1881 are unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 80 acres had been mined.
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| Total Production: 141,809 Production and years of operation before July 1881 are unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 80 acres had been mined.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Atlas of Grundy County
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1874
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1:6336
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1:6336
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Secondary source
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| Company
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4-1906
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Will County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| 1874 Atlas of Grundy County, Illinois, 1874 - Shaft locations.
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| Company map, traced 2006 Original map is mounted on the wall of the Coal City Public Library, Coal City, Illinois. - Mine location, mine outline (west side).
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